| 翻老皇历 |
fān lǎo huáng lì |
to look to the past for guidance (idiom) |
| 翻 |
fān |
to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross |
| 翻 |
fān |
variant of 翻 |
| 老 |
lǎo |
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |
| 老皇历 |
lǎo huáng lì |
(lit.) past years' almanac / (fig.) ancient history; obsolete practice; old-fashioned principle |
| 皇 |
Huáng |
surname Huang |
| 皇 |
huáng |
emperor / old variant of 惶 |
| 皇历 |
huáng li |
variant of 黄历 |
| 历 |
lì |
old variant of 历 / old variant of 历 |
| 历 |
lì |
calendar |
| 历 |
lì |
old variant of 历 |
| 历 |
lì |
to experience / to undergo / to pass through / all / each / every / history |